But it is also to hide criminal behaviour and that is actually good for a democracy because many things that were illegal previously are now legal because peopl

But it is also to hide criminal behaviour and that is actually good for a democracy because many things that were illegal previously are now legal because people broke bad laws, got away with it and nothing bad actually happened to the point that it changed all of society's mind on the issue enough to vote in favor of changing the law. To have a functional democracy we actually need enough friction in the enforcement system that people have a reasonable chance of getting away with breaking laws so enforcement becomes a conscious decision to expend resources for obvious societal gain rather than a dragnet on behaviour we may not like but questionably harms anyway beyond the individual engaging in said behaviour.